Letters to the Editor, April 20

Letters to the Editor, April 20

STOP THIS SUZUKI NONSENSE The University of Alberta is about to award David Suzuki an honorary degree. As an alum of the University of Alberta (Law 1970), a practicing lawyer in Calgary for over 45 years and the current chairman of an Alberta heavy oil company, I find this proposed award to Suzuki to be most offensive, not only to me but to the entire province! Suzuki is constantly speaking out against the Alberta oil industry and particularly our oilsands, a resource that has fuelled much of Alberta’s and Canada’s economic growth over recent years. Indeed, he recently spoke to Calgary teachers and argued that the oilsands should be shut down. Alberta has enough problems without this added insult from a resident of Vancouver! By being anti-oil, Suzuki has become anti-Alberta. Giving him this award will be one of the worst mistakes that the U of A might ever make. Indeed, its funding from the oilpatch will probably dry up. Please reconsider this terrible decision and do not award Suzuki this honorary degree.ROBERT J. IVERACH, Q.C.(You are not alone.)

BARBARA BUSH SNUBBED? Why is the losing coach from a losing team on the front page April 18, 2018, while a world figure, Barbara Bush, passed away and occupies Page 35 of your publication. I don’t think there is anything newsworthy about a losing coach when compared to the death of a world figure like Barbara Bush.LYNNE PAUL(Sorry but we disagree wholeheartedly.)

SCHEER SILLINESS Rick Bell writes that Opposition leader Andrew Scheer finds the PM’s actions on the Kinder Morgan situation appalling and that he’s scared for our western economy. Mr. Scheer should look in the mirror on his own stance on “supply management”. A stance that makes him look no different than the snowflake he would like to replace in 2019. Supply management flies in the face of the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms. But in his desperate attempt to grab power, Mr. Scheer looks no different than our current crop of incompetent political leaders at all levels of government.B. STONE(Desperate attempt to grab power? That’s a bit of a stretch.)

SPLINTER GROUP Regarding Murray Marshall’s letter about using force on tree-huggers protests. Nah! They will probably get rewarded by getting splinters from those trees they hug. On the serious side, how many of those Lac-Mégantic residents who died in that horrific train derailment would still be alive if that oil was being transported in a pipeline instead of by rail?BILL KUSHNIRYK(Common sense left the station a long, long time ago.)

RACHEL THE HERO Cannot breathe free about this Trudeau/Alberta/B.C. deal making. Call me an alarmist, but it smacks of blatant sweethearting (a term from retail security). In retail, this activity has dire consequences, mainly for honest consumers. The predictable outcome of this political sweethearting is that Notley will come out as the hero who saved the day, not only for Alberta, but Canada. Thus, no one will get even close to her celebrity status, come election time.SEIJA CHARLES(We don’t see that happening.)

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